No Charges in Wal-Mart BB Gun Shooting

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

First off why the **** are you walking around the store with a BB gun?

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

First off why the **** are you walking around the store with a BB gun?

Why walk around Chipotle with an AR-15?

[siberian khatru]

Though a 911 caller told a dispatcher that Crawford was "pointing" the gun at other shoppers and later said Crawford was "waving it around," the video does not appear to show either such movement. That caller, Ronald Ritchie, told reporters he was an "ex-Marine"—but was found to have been kicked out of the Corps after only seven weeks on a charge of "fraudulent enlistment."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...e_charged.html

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...e_charged.html

Ahh, this almost is like the one anti-gunner said he would go around saying people were threatening people with a gun to get a lethal response.


If this person lied to 911 and the officer came in expecting a threat, he needs to be charged. And it is sad the cop was let go without punishment. His decision making should not be on the force.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Ahh, this almost is like the one anti-gunner said he would go around saying people were threatening people with a gun to get a lethal response.


If this person lied to 911 and the officer came in expecting a threat, he needs to be charged. And it is sad the cop was let go without punishment. His decision making should not be on the force.

I agree.

[Beef Supreme]

This whole situation is a travesty of justice. I don't know how anyone can watch that video and decide not to charge the cop. And the person who called 911 should be charged as well. They don't even have to find either of them guilty, but you have to charge them. The fact that they didn't is staggering.

[stanleychief]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Ahh, this almost is like the one anti-gunner said he would go around saying people were threatening people with a gun to get a lethal response.


If this person lied to 911 and the officer came in expecting a threat, he needs to be charged. And it is sad the cop was let go without punishment. His decision making should not be on the force.

In that Slate article you had quoted, I see the following gem at the bottom: "Officers say Crawford ignored orders to drop the BB gun. A representative of Crawford's family says that Crawford may not even have been aware of officers' presence before they began firing."

Unless they were using telepathy or whispering, I'd have to say that is BS judging from the Walmart audio.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

First off why the **** are you walking around the store with a BB gun?

Maybe because he was going to buy it.

stupid twitterbot is stupid.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by KC native

Maybe because he was going to buy it.

stupid twitterbot is stupid.

Then why take it out of the package? Or is this Walmart different from every other one I’ve ever seen and has bb guns just sitting on shelves?

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by KC native

Maybe because he was going to buy it.

stupid twitterbot is stupid.

Shouldn't it have been in a box? Do they normally sell guns (BB or otherwise) like that?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Shouldn't it have been in a box? Do they normally sell guns (BB or otherwise) like that?

Not that it justifies getting shot but that was my first thought.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Not that it justifies getting shot but that was my first thought.

Never said it did.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Then why take it out of the package? Or is this Walmart different from every other one I’ve ever seen and has bb guns just sitting on shelves?

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Shouldn't it have been in a box? Do they normally sell guns (BB or otherwise) like that?

In the video, you can see him pick it up off the shelf. If he would have taken it out of the box then that would have been on the video.

Aside from that, I haven't paid too much attention to them as I usually walk right by them at Walmart but I vaguely recall the packaging being pretty minimal.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by KC native

In the video, you can see him pick it up off the shelf. If he would have taken it out of the box then that would have been on the video.

What? Is there another video I'm not seeing? He's in the dog food aisle it appears.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

What? Is there another video I'm not seeing? He's in the dog food aisle it appears.

Yes, that's not the full video in the OP. I found it because I went to the Gawker link first.

http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-...rd-case/nhRwM/

Edit: I watched without sound so I have no idea if anyone is talking during the video (in the link I posted it looks like it is being presented to people).